Stratford, CT

We had a slightly rough crossing of Long Island Sound on Monday, August 4 as we headed from our Oyster Bay anchorage to Safe Harbor Marina in Stratford. It was sunny but a bit cool especially for Stephanie who was sitting on the shady side of the fly bridge and was somewhat inexplicitly freezing, while Lynn who was sitting in the sun was just fine!

Once we crossed the sound it was smooth sailing up the Connecticut coast past Stamford, Westport, Fairfield, and Bridgeport.

As we arrived at Safe Harbor Marina on the Housatonic River in Stratford, the current was fierce.  Jonny tried three times to get into our assigned slip but it was way too risky. We asked the marina if we could tie up temporarily at the T dock which they easily agreed to. Lucky for us they let us stay there overnight so we didn’t have to wait to move at slack tide.

                                     

We showered and got ready for Jonny’s cousin Steven to come pick us up. He came by around five and after showing him Zendo, he drove us to Fairfield to visit his mom who unfortunately is not doing very well. We did have a nice visit with her which was important for us as she is getting up in years and it’s not often that we get to see her.

Afterwards, we went to Steven and Ann’s home where they have the most beautiful garden.  Steve’s sister, Abby and her husband Rich met us there and we all enjoyed a bottle of champagne together.

From there we headed to a very good Italian restaurant in Stratford called Biagio’s Osterio.  We had a very lively evening reminiscing and regaling each other with funny stories.  The evening ended with Steven and Ann bringing us back to Zendo where we stayed up late drinking brandy and port.  Unfortunately we completely forgot to take pictures - apparently we were having too much fun!